Is it just some kind of tick or something? I used to know a girl who did it all of the time too. I'd ask her "what's wrong with you, why do you keep on doing that?" and there was never a good answer and she admittedly knew it was a stupid thing to do too... But simply couldn't stop doing it if she tried... I figure she was insane.

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It was like: "I have no control of my actions! I have to keep on gnawing on my fingers!" I was always like:

it's a nervous habit and once you've done it for so long it is very hard to stop. i've literally been biting my fingernails for at least 25 years. and it's not like quitting cigs or something where you're actively seeking it out. most of the time i'm biting my fingernails i'm not even aware i'm doing it for a while

There are much worse nervous habits to have. 28if fucking can't stop himself from picking up random objects around him and manipulating them with his hands ALL the time, and then he walks off with them and they are gone forever. I lost some shit in college this way

hmmmm. I always figured it had to be sort of a dangerous quirk to have... Doing something uncontrollably and all. In hindsight years later I thought back and wondered if she just had some form of advanced OCD or something where she just obsessed about biting her nails?

It just seems like an odd quirk to have... Like why bitting finger nails? most people just like shake their leg or figit with their hands or something.

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hmmmm. I always figured it had to be sort of a dangerous quirk to have... Doing something uncontrollably and all. In hindsight years later I thought back and wondered if she just had some form of advanced OCD or something where she just obsessed about biting her nails?

It just seems like an odd quirk to have... Like why bitting finger nails? most people just like shake their leg or figit with their hands or something.

i know you don't understand it but it's one of the most common nervous habits. it's a compulsion. it's not OCD because i'm not obsessed with biting my nails (which would be a thought), i just do the behavior often and without forethought. it's also not OCD because there are a lot more symptoms with actual OCD

I've bitten my fingernails for as long as I can remember. I've been holding off pretty well for the last couple of weeks though. Sometimes I make a concerted effort to stop biting, other times like this time, it just kind of happens by itself.

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yeah I've done it for as long as I can remember, too. i've never had anywhere near normal length nails, and once in a while i'll have one grow long enough to have a tiny bit of space under it and it feels so weird. and this is a tiny space, i can't imagine having half a centimeter or more of nail past the nail bed